Gary Rollefson is a Professor Emeritus of the Department of Anthropology at Whitman College. He received his degrees from the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Arizona at Tucson (M.A. and Ph.D.), and his areas of specialization are paleolithic and neolithic stone tools, prehistoric religion and social organization, and paleoclimate and its effect on social development. He has conducted fieldwork in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Israel, and his main publications include "Prehistoric Archaeology in the Deserts of Jordan" (2009, American Center of Oriental Research).

Sarah Davies is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Whitman College. Her research and teaching interests include ancient receptions and international relations, in the Hellenistic period, in Republican and Augustan Rome, and with respect to Punic and Roman North Africa. Her current book project examines the rise of Rome as an interstate power, in the context of the destruction of Carthage and Corinth in 146 BCE.

Robert Neyland is the Head of the Underwater Archaeology Branch of the U.S. Navy's Naval History and Heritage Command. He holds his degrees from Texas A&M University, and his areas of specialization are underwater archaeology, naval archaeology, and historical archaeology. His extensive fieldwork includes serving as Director of the recovery operations for the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, of the excavation of John Paul Jones' birthplace, and of the survey and excavation of the War of 1812 ship U.S.S. Scorpion.

AIA Walla Walla & the Fort Walla Walla Museum (FWWM) will be collaborating to host our first celebration of International Archaeology Day. Ashley Morton of FWWM will be leading us on a walking tour of Walla Walla's Chinatown. Two tour times will be offered: 10-11am and 1-2pm.